Best Global Universities US News 2025 - 2026

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2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities
*See the full rankings here.

Overall Best Global Universities – Top 10

Harvard University (U.S.)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (U.S.)

Stanford University (U.S.)

University of Oxford (U.K.)

University of Cambridge (U.K.)

University of California Berkeley (U.S.)

University College London (U.K.)

University of Washington Seattle (U.S.)

Yale University (U.S.)

Columbia University (U.S.)

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St. Andrews boosters plotting to burn down USNWR at the moment.

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#11 Tsinghua University

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Bucknell is not ranked. Once again USNWR is not credible.

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My kid's school is not on this list, but it is top 10 in their field. That may matter more?

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell is not ranked. Once again USNWR is not credible.

Love this!

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Where is HACK?

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Anonymous wrote:Where is HACK?

Another knock against this list... I struggle with the lack recognition of for LACs in international rankings. If the world only knew what special and magical schools they are missing out on and since LACs are dying the world may never know. Sad.

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Where is UVA?

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Anonymous wrote:Where is UVA?

#137 (tied with U Liverpool, U Padua, and the University of Electronic Science & Technology of China)

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Anonymous wrote:Where is UVA?

Where are Northeastern and Bucknell?

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UCD and UCI are 91. I’m really curious why these two are always tied in rankings. They are quite different in terms of strengths and weaknesses.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is UVA?

Where are Northeastern and Bucknell?

Northeastern is #220, just below Rice at #219. (There's a Northeastern University in China at #445.) I didn't see Bucknell -- though I stopped scrolling at #638.

For context, Dartmouth is tied for #326 with the University of Lagos.

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Anonymous wrote:St. Andrews boosters plotting to burn down USNWR at the moment.

St Andrews was never ranked high globally….it is an undergraduate focused university, what is so hard to understand?
Do you find Notre Dame anywhere in there? Same story….

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is UVA?

Where are Northeastern and Bucknell?

Northeastern is #220, just below Rice at #219. (There's a Northeastern University in China at #445.) I didn't see Bucknell -- though I stopped scrolling at #638.

For context, Dartmouth is tied for #326 with the University of Lagos.

Really Northeastern (220), Rice (219) and UVA (137)! Go Cavaliers!!!!! Wahoo!!!